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Biographical Description

John Philetus Kerr was born in Asheville (Buncombe County), North Carolina, on July 4, 1854. Kerr was a newspaperman and postmaster who served as private secretary for Governor Locke Craig until his death in Asheville on June 16, 1916.

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